Jacob Sweet
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Jacob Sweet is boy who was born at Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday, 16 January 1986. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, M.D. of The Children's Clinic, without medical indication, provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic circumcision. The infant was then discharged home.[1]
Then on Saturday, January 25. Jacob was vomiting, fussy, and the circumcision site was red and swollen, so the Sweets returned to the hospital where they were met by Dr. Daniel Tulip, also of the Children's Clinic. Dr. Tulip admitted Jacob to the hospital.[1]
The next morning (Sunday, January 26), the child had three stiffening spells, while his mother held him. The spells involved arching his back, rolling his eyes and turning red in the face. In the afternoon, he began to experience the spells every 45 minutes. At 9 p.m., the pediatrician put the child on an apnea monitor. The monitor sounded several times during the evening. Rather than respond to the alarm, the on-duty nurse turned down its volume to avoid disturbing the other patients. Finally, at 1 a.m., the child suffered a seizure while the pediatrician was present.[1]
Today, Jacob is severely brain damaged. He cannot walk, talk, or care for himself in any respect.[1]
The Sweets brought a suit for damages against the physicians and the hospital.[2]
External links
- http://www.nocirc.org/publish/9-95.pdf
- http://www.touchngo.com/sp/html/sp-4200.htm
- http://www.cirp.org/news/2000.03.08_Sweet/
- http://circumcisiondiaries.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html
